House Democrats repeat flawed numbers on guns seized in Mexico

“87 percent of firearms seized by Mexican authorities originated in the U.S.,” reads the subhead, and therein is the problem. One must read deeper into the fine print of the release, or go to the press release website (which, curiously, lacks the subhead) to find that it refers to a 2009 Government Accountability Office report that “showed that 87 percent of the firearms Mexican authorities seized and traced between FY 2004 and FY 2008 originated in the United States.” [More]

This evening’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes if you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. You know, “progressive” Standard Operating procedure...